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New Simulator Is Next Step On The Road To Developing Quantum Computers
November 27, 2006 Scientists have proven theoretically a novel way to build a simulator that can recreate the way atoms and particles behave in a quantum system, says research published today. The proposed simulator ... > full story -
Hubble Finds Evidence For Dark Energy In The Young Universe
November 16, 2006 Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that dark energy is not a new constituent of space, but rather has been present for most of the universe's history. Dark energy is a ... > full story -
Space-Based Instruments To Test Cornerstone Of Einstein's General Relativity
October 12, 2006 At the core of the European Space Agency's LISA Pathfinder mission sit two small hearts. Each is a cube, just five centimetres across. Together they will allow LISA Pathfinder to lay the foundations ... > full story -
Scientists Nudge Closer To The Edge Of A Black Hole
October 11, 2006 NASA scientists and their international partners using the new Japanese Suzaku satellite have collected a startling new set of black hole observations, revealing details of twisted space and warped ... > full story -
General Relativity Survives Gruelling Pulsar Test: Einstein At Least 99.95 Percent Right
September 14, 2006 An international research team led by Prof. Michael Kramer of the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory, UK, has used three years of observations of the "double pulsar," a unique pair ... > full story -
Astronomers Use Supercomputers To Study Atoms Linked To Black Holes
August 23, 2006 Super-hot atoms in space hold the key to an astronomical mystery, and an Ohio State University astronomer is leading an effort to study those atoms here on Earth. The team used supercomputers to ... > full story -
NASA Finds Direct Proof Of Dark Matter
August 21, 2006 Dark matter and normal matter have been wrenched apart by the tremendous collision of two large clusters of galaxies. The discovery, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, gives ... > full story -
Anatomy Of A Scientific Revolution
July 31, 2006 With the "Genesis of General Relativity," the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science has just published the most comprehensive study to date of the structures of a scientific revolution. The ... > full story -
Reversing And Accelerating The Speed Of Light
July 21, 2006 Physicist Costas Soukoulis and his research group at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are having the time of their lives making light travel backwards at negative speeds that appear ... > full story -
Continuous Search Begun For Gravitational Waves
June 28, 2006 The joint German-British Gravitational Wave Detector GEO600 has now entered an 18-month run of continuous measurement. Researchers are optimistic that they will be able to observe a never before seen ... > full story
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